AUTO DIRECTOR FOR THE AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY

• US 20160140299A1
• Filed: 11/17/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Umm Al-Qura University
• Original Assignee: Umm Al-Qura University
• Inventors: AL HARBI, Tariq Lahi
• Application Number:
  US14/404,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140299A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

An emergency response system includes at least one server with circuitry configured to receive an emergency report from an external device regarding injuries and location of at least one victim. A scope of the emergency is determined based on the emergency report that describes a location of the victim and the injuries of the victim. The circuitry outputs instructions to the external device related to providing first aid based on the injuries of the victim. At least one emergency response team is assigned to respond to the emergency, and information related to one or more incoming patients is output to a medical facility.

Claims

1. An emergency response system, comprising:

at least one server with circuitry configured to

receive, from an external device, an emergency report describing injuries of at least one victim,

determine a scope of an emergency based on the emergency report describing a location of the at least one victim and the injuries of the at least one victim,

output, to the external device, instructions related to providing first aid based on the injuries of the at least one victim,

assign at least one emergency response team to respond to the emergency, and

output information related to one or more incoming patients to a medical facility.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the location of the at least one victim based on a location of the external device transmitting the emergency report.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to output navigational instructions to the at least one emergency response team based on the location of the at least one victim.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a level of medical expertise of a user of the external device.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to modify the instructions output to the external device based on the level of medical expertise of the user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine a severity level of the injuries based on a number of victims and one or more types of injuries.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the severity level based on locations of the injuries on the at least one victim.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to increase the severity level of the at least one victim when the locations of the injuries are at at least one of a head, chest, and neck.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine that the injuries of the at least one victim have the severity level of critical when the at least one victim is at least one of unconscious, not breathing, or without a pulse.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine a number of emergency response teams to assign to the emergency based on a severity level of the injuries.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to assign at least one advanced-skill emergency response team based on one or more factors of the scope of the emergency.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions output to the external device include one or more steps to avoid when caring for the at least one victim based on the injuries of the at least one victim.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit an estimated time of arrival of the one or more incoming patients to the medical facility based on information received from the emergency response team.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to output to the medical facility a time to return to a treatment area for one or more medical staff based on the estimated time of arrival of the one or more incoming patients.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine available resources of one or more medical facilities and to assign the one or more incoming patients to a specific medical facility based on the available resources.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry if further configured to, in response to receiving a rejection of the one or more incoming patients from the medical facility and based on injuries of the one or more incoming patients, determine a next closest medical facility.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the circuitry is further configured to reassign the one or more incoming patients that are rejected from the medical facility further based on a lack of available resources of the medical facility.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further assign the at least one emergency response team with a shortest driving time based on at least one of traffic, weather, and the location of the at least one victim.

19. A method for emergency response, comprising:

receiving, from an external device, an emergency report describing injuries of at least one victim;

determining, at at least one server, a scope of an emergency based on the emergency report describing a location of the at least one victim and the injuries of the at least one victim;

outputting, to the external device, instructions related to providing first aid based on the injuries of the at least one victim;

assigning, via the at least one server, at least one emergency response team to respond to the emergency; and

outputting information, from the at least one server, related to one or more incoming patients to a medical facility.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for emergency response, the method comprising:

receiving an emergency report describing injuries of at least one victim;

determining a scope of an emergency based on the emergency report describing a location of the at least one victim and the injuries of the at least one victim;

outputting instructions related to providing first aid based on the injuries of the at least one victim;

assigning at least one emergency response team to respond to the emergency; and

outputting information related to one or more incoming patients to a medical facility.